Galten is a
fjard
A fjard ( sv, fjärd, ) is a large open space of water between groups of islands or mainland in archipelagos. Fjards can be found along sea coasts, in freshwater lakes or rivers. Fjard and fjord were originally the same word with the general mean ...
of Lake
Mälaren, the third-largest
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Sweden. It is the westernmost part of the lake, and is connected to the fjard of
Blacken in the east through the strait of
Kvicksund.
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Notes
References
Mälaren
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